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Senevri

05-03-06, 05:53 PM
I'm sure this is old news to y'all, but...

Cha 18 + all points,

Dread Necromancer 1, Blood Calls to Blood
Dread Necromancer 2
Dread Necromancer 3, Eschew Materials
Dread Necromancer 4
Dread Necromancer 5
Dread Necromancer 6, SF:Illusion
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 1
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 2
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 3 GSF: Illusion
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 4
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 1, Haunting Melody
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 2
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 3
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 4
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 4\Fiend-Blooded 1
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 4\Fiend-Blooded 2
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 4\Fiend-Blooded 3
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 4\Fiend-Blooded 4
Dread Necromancer 6\Dread Witch 5\Bard 5\Fiend-Blooded 4


Fiend-blooded levels should probably progress your Dread Necromancer
spellcasting. Alternatively you can actually pretty much reverse your DN and Bard levels, except that you need 6 Dread Necro levels.

From a starting Cha of 18, you go up to
18+5 (levels) +1 (Fiend-blooded)=+24.
With a Cloak of Charisma +6, you're at +30.

So... what do you get, out of this exercise?

continuous
DC 23 fear aura to 5 feet,
DC 25 fear aura to 10 feet, but only affects 6 HD or less.
Arcane Preparation + Empowered Enervation might help here.

and
DC 24 5/day, 30 ft burst Fear effect.
Lv 15 Dread Necromancer casting.

Base DC of 25 for Illusion+Fear spells, ability to turn any visual spell into a fear spell.

I find myself underwhelmed by the Dread Witch Aura. I'm sure there were threads on using fear before...

Touch of Fatigue + Fear+Fear+Fear = helpless?